File Upload without breaking the back button?

slindstr

I posted this in the "General Help" forum earlier today and still haven't heard anything, so I figured I'd post it here too (I REALLY need a solution) - thanks!

OK so what I really need to do is make a page that allows a person upload up to 9 pictures without breaking the back button. How on Earth do I achieve this?

Every time I've ever written something to achieve a file upload it's always broken the back button, in that if you click back you always get that annoying box asking you if you want to send the POST data. I've tried hidden frames and that had the same problem, and I COULD have it upload in a new window but I'd like to avoid that as most people have popup blockers...

How can I do this?

bradgrafelman

Please don't cross-post the same topic across multiple forums. Thanks.

etully

You could use Ajax. That's the best solution.

What happens when you have two frames where frame #1 posts to frame #2? As long as you keep uploading from frame #1, the back button only affects frame #1. This makes even more sense with iFrames.

What if clicking "Upload An Image" put up a pop up window? Then when the image was uploaded, the popup window self closed? This way, the back button applies to the main window, and has no problem backing up.

But if you're looking for a solution where the previous page results stay in cache and don't require the "Shall I repost form data?" warning, you're not going to get it working cross browser.

slindstr

Sorry about the duplicate post.

Etully, those are swell ideas, but if you read my first post you'll understand why I am trying to avoid them...

designxperts

Just an idea...

i just began working on a file upload script myself so i'm not sure how it's done exactly but you can upload all the files at once from the same page without having to go back and forward.